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This book helps readers create beautiful and intricate pieces of pure silver jewellery quickly and easily with no silversmithing skills and very few tools and equipment using metal clay.Metal clay is an incredibly versatile material that can be moulded, folded, shaped, cut, woven, braided or carved to produce an endless array of forms and effects.Clear step-by-step photography demonstrates all the techniques you will need to set with stones, decorate with enamels, create textural effects using engraving and much, much more.With 20 gorgeous projects to create you'll soon be making you own fine pieces of jewellery.
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Sue Heaser is an internationally renowned polymer clay artist, author and teacher and has been working with polymer clay for over 25 years. She is chairman of the British Polymer Clay Guild and runs her own mail order polmer clay company, the Polymer Clay Pit.
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49 of 49 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
this book has everything you need to make everything you can dream of and more. With concise detailing and intructions that can be easily addapted to do what you want with them. Sue is a genius and i got so enthusiastic about metal clay again !!
She has a list of everything you need for each project and each instruction is followed with a picture so there can be no miss-understanding of what is meant and what it should look like at each stage!
Brillient and i would highly recommend it !
She has a list of everything you need for each project and each instruction is followed with a picture so there can be no miss-understanding of what is meant and what it should look like at each stage!
Brillient and i would highly recommend it !
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought some metal clay so that I could take an impression of my cats paw. The (normal) clay kits were either really expensive or a bit crappy. I also found that it would work out cheaper for me to make a silver impression myself. So far, I have made a necklace with a silver bee pendant based on an ancient Egyptian design and the impressions are currently drying.
I have read this book cover-to-cover twice already and I can't wait to try some of the designs. I really want to make a ring and the Landscape Pendant with the lily pond and bulrushes. The designs by professionals are also very inspiring.
A couple of reviewers have criticised that this book has a chapter on kiln-firing but I really can't see how they can view that as a negative! The author does say in the introduction that kiln-firing is introduced so that all readers can see what can be achieved with a kiln via the use of dichoric glass and sheet clay. It also gives beginners, such as myself, a view of how far we can go if we really enjoy silver-smithing and want to invest in some serious equipment.
The designs do look advanced but when they are broken down, you realise that actually you are capable of making them and making them well. I read on another website that if you can take an impression of something with play-doh, then you can make that impression with metal clay. I have used this method and also use the play-doh to make a maquette so that I can try different techniques and play around with the design before using the silver clay - something I found useful for raising my confidence.
I fully recommend this book if you are new or experience with metal clay - the designs are beautiful and within reach. Enjoy!
I have read this book cover-to-cover twice already and I can't wait to try some of the designs. I really want to make a ring and the Landscape Pendant with the lily pond and bulrushes. The designs by professionals are also very inspiring.
A couple of reviewers have criticised that this book has a chapter on kiln-firing but I really can't see how they can view that as a negative! The author does say in the introduction that kiln-firing is introduced so that all readers can see what can be achieved with a kiln via the use of dichoric glass and sheet clay. It also gives beginners, such as myself, a view of how far we can go if we really enjoy silver-smithing and want to invest in some serious equipment.
The designs do look advanced but when they are broken down, you realise that actually you are capable of making them and making them well. I read on another website that if you can take an impression of something with play-doh, then you can make that impression with metal clay. I have used this method and also use the play-doh to make a maquette so that I can try different techniques and play around with the design before using the silver clay - something I found useful for raising my confidence.
I fully recommend this book if you are new or experience with metal clay - the designs are beautiful and within reach. Enjoy!
26 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
great book if you don't have a kiln - although some of the later projects need one really - despite the title!! Lots of very good ideas that can be easily adapted - I recommend this book to anyone who already has experience with PMC etc.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Magical Indeed!I
I love the book, and buying it through Amazon was a breeze. At present I am not doing much more than just reading it as I have just come out of hospital after a TKR. Read more
Published 2 months ago by M. Heaton
Wonderful silver clay
I am going on a beginners Silver Clay Workshop shortly so purchased this book to read so I have some preliminary information. Read more
Published 3 months ago by C. J. Garden
definetely for beginners
While I must say that this book is well written and has nice illustrating pictures but I still find it a bit boring when it comes to the projects. Read more
Published 5 months ago by irinanour
Brilliant
Brilliant book - very clear with great ideas and step by step instructions/images - very easy to follow. Looking forward to getting creative!
Published 6 months ago by Fitzgib
Great buy.
Just tried my glass Hot Pot out and really pleased with it. Easy to use and straightforward. Only drawback is you shouldn't use it in the same microwave you cook food in so have to... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Steph
Magical Metal Clay Jewellery.
This is a great book for both beginners and those with some experience. If you are new to Metal clay it gives you clear, step by step instructions and several simple projects. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Trish
Very clear and well put together
I bought this in advance of a class I am taking on PMC, and I have found it very useful as to the tools and methods used to produce some lovely pieces of jewellery. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Kate Whalley
Fantastic book!
I really enjoyed reading this book cover to cover. Sue explains a variety of techniques from how to re-hydrate your clay to the different ways in which it can be molded and... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Belle_vie
great book
a great book that takes you from start to finish, you wont just read this once you will keep picking it up.. Read more
Published 15 months ago by a customer
What I thought of 'Magical Metal Clay Jewellery'
I looked at several books before choosing this one because I wanted to learn some new techniques. I have made and sold a few metal clay pieces myself mainly to people I know... Read more
Published 16 months ago by JWD
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